I was coming to the end of my time at secondary school when I noticed the advert in the Shropshire Star about recruitment for the Telford Volunteer Police Cadets writes police cadet Kate Theodore.
Chris Ammonds of Telford Police runs through the new 101 number for people to use to report incidents when it's less urgent than a 999 call.
Blog: In West Mercia Police’s Corporate Communications Unit we have recently looking back on how we dealt locally with the national outbreak of disorder and violence that occurred in August, writes the force’s Web Development Officer Neil Tipton.
A top Shropshire policeman who beat off competition from officers across Europe to become a police advisor in Palestine has spoken of the reality faced by people living near the West Bank.
Blog: Working 24/7 on a response team based at Telford has its challenges but also offers rewards to those officers who work day and night to keep the residents of Telford & Wrekin safe and secure.
Police pay cuts and reductions in police numbers have hit the headlines this week, but just what is it that the police do, writes West Mercia's Acting Chief Inspector Keith Gee.
‘What can I blog about that hasn't already been said?’ writes Chief Inspector Paul Moxley from the Police Command Team in Telford.
Blog: In recent Command Team restructures across the force, I was lucky to receive a posting to Telford, writes Chief Inspector Andy Udall, the new lead on Local Policing in the borough.
West Mercia Police started its annual Christmas Drink Drive campaign earlier this month as part of the national month long drive to reduce drink and drug driving, writes Temporary Chief Inspector Paul Arnold.
At the beginning of November, Telford began to experience a rise in commercial crime especially cigarette burglaries in Telford, writes Detective Chief Inspector Alan Edwards.
We’ve just seen the completion of one of the busiest periods of the year for the Police in Telford, a time of year that is often called 'Mischief Fortnight' by the press, writes acting Chief Inspector Paul Arnold, from the police command team in Telford.
Blog: Last week saw the long-awaited announcement of the coalition government’s Comprehensive Spending Review by the Chancellor, George Osborne. I don't think it is an exaggeration to say that many of us within the public sector, whilst realising and appreciating the need for cuts in spending, have waited nervously for this announcement.
It’s good to be back. For the third time in my 29 years as a police officer I have been given the exciting opportunity to return to Telford, this time as the Territorial Policing Commander, writes Telford Police’s new Territorial Policing Commander, Superintendent Gary Higgins.
On the 5th September I completed 22 years’ service as a police officer and last week attended a ceremony at West Mercia’s Headquarters along with 49 other colleagues to receive our medals, writes Inspector Richard Langton.
Do you have to be ‘special’ to become a Special? This is the question that I asked myself back in 1996 (I’m not that old, really I’m not) writes West Mercia Police’s Divisional Commandant for the Special Constabulary in Telford, Darren Cubberly.
Summer is generally a great time of year, writes Chief Superintendent James Tozer.
There is no doubt that liaising with the press can be a vital part of a criminal investigation and it’s pleasing that, on the whole here in Telford & Wrekin, West Mercia Police enjoys a good relationship with the local media, writes Telford Police’s Divisional PR manager Chris Ammonds.
Telford Police Division is the only one in West Mercia to have police cadets, a group of 24 young volunteers aged between 16 and 18 who live in the area and give up their free time to work in the community
The combination of hot weather, alcohol and the excitement and tension of the World Cup will be too much for some people, writes West Mercia Police Temporary Chief Inspector Richard Langton.
Blog: No, this page hasn’t all of a sudden become confused with the blogs that you would expect of the Federation of Master Builders, nor with the many Ministerial blogs from the occupants of the Houses of Westminster. The above title is of course referring directly to you and your home and, more importantly, the security of your property within it, writes Acting Detective Chief Inspector Pete Brophy.
Recently in the news – both locally and nationally - you may have heard a lot about what are described as “unlawful encampments’, writes Acting Superintendent Peter Davies.
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